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Ai Ytonigh and andtomorrow 4 > e I W W WANT TO T RENT RENTORSElL OR SELLtomorrow SELL SELLTimes I Itomorrov IpartlYC Partly cloudy OU tonight jtomorrow winds light variable variablewinds iL > fie > If fit U > g > t On rt j r me > Times Bring Results ResultsNUMBER ResultsNUMBER Want Ads AdsBring AdswInds Adswinds I INUMBERNUMBER 3615 WASEIJSTGrTOiSr WEDNESDAY EVENING MAY 4 1904 PRICE ONE CENTCANAL IS OURS OURSFAST OURSFAST OURSFASTFAST AND TIGHT TIGHTProperty TIGHTProperty TIGHTTurnedProperty Formally Formallynote Turned Turn d Over to the theUnited theUnitedUnited note States by the French FrenchCompany FrenchCompany FrenchCompanyCompany CompanyMUCH CompanyMUGH CompanySecondMUCH MUCFFCEREMONY CEREMONY AT PANAMA PANAMAATTENDS PANAlV1AATTENDS PANAMAATTENDSATTENDS ACT OF TRANSFER TRANSFERSecond TRANSFERSecond TRANSFERIISecond SecondMUCFFCEREMONY Lieut tent Brooke Accepts Tender for the theUnited t thenice e eUnitedUnited nice States Stat fates s From rem Mr r Renaudin enau i n the theFrench theFrench theFrenchFrench Representative RepresentativePANAMAPANAMA May 4 4The The formal act a t of turning over the Panama Canal to lothe tothe tothethe United Slates Government was performed pe ormed with much ceremony ceremony at 730 730oclock 730oclock 730oclockoclock this morning morningThe morningThe morningTheThe canal was received by Second Lieut Mark Brooke of the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStatesStates Engineer Corps on behalf of the United States StatesConsul StatesConsu StatesConsulConsul General Gudger and other prominent Americans witnessed witn ssed the ceremony cere ceremony ceremouYYhich ¬mony mouYYhich which concluded with the raising of the American flagUNITED flag flagUNITED flagUNITEDUNITED STATES STATES HAS TITLE AND POSSESSIONAt last the United States Is in com complete comJlete complete ¬plete and undisputed possession of the thePanama thePanama thePanamaPanama Canal the strip trip through which whichit whichit whichitit passes passes and all the property and ap appurtenances appurtenances appurtenances ¬purtenances pertaining to the canal canalproject canalproject canalprojectprojecta project projectThe projectTheThe formal transfer took place at 730 730oclock 730oclock 730oclockaoclock this morning at Panama The ThePresident ThePresident ThePresidentPresident and the Departments of JusIGen George W T Davis governor of ofthe otthe ofthethe Panama Canal zone accompanied accompaniedbyby b a corps of American engineers will willleave willleave willleaveleave New York next Tuesday and on onarrived onarrIved onarrivedarrived at Colon will 111 auewm a etllnf entire entirecontrol enUrecontrol entirecontrolcontrol of the canal property Just ac acquired acqulred acquired ¬quired by the United States StatesThe StatesThe StatesTheThe laborers now employed there by bythe b bthl bythethe French Company of whom there thereare tbr tbrart thereareare about 1704 and who whq have b been beenworking beenworking en enworkingworking under American direction for forthe torthe forthethe past year In the excavation oxcavaU n of thetlce State and War were at once notitied noti notified notified ¬fied fiedRepresenting Representing the New Panama Canal CanalCampany CnnniI CanalCompanyCompany C mpany was M Renaudin who held heldpower heldpower heldpowerI power of attorney The United States Statesrepresentative Statesrepresentatle Statesrepresentativerepresentative In the transaction was wasSecond wasSecond wasSecondSecond Lieutenant Brooke of the armydesignated army armydesignated arm armdesignateddesignated by b Secretary of War Vnr Taf Tart t for forthat forthat forthatthat purpose with full authority to act actfor actfor actforfor the GovernmentPayment for Canal CanalThrough CanalThrough CanalThroughThrough J P MorganThe Secretary of the Treasury Treasut has hasfound hasfound hasaa found he Is unable to carry out the con contract contract contract ¬tract arranged arr nged with Morgan Co Coby Cob Cobyby b the Attorney ttorne General approved approvedby approvedb approvedbyby b the Cabinet by which the 40J009000 34000Q0000due 40ooQOOOdue j jduedue the canal can l company was was asto to be paid paidover paidoer paidoverover No money mon will be paid on the theJ40000000J40000000 40000000 owed to the French Interests Interestsuntil Interestsuntil interestsuntiluntil Morgan Co has deposited depositedsecurity depositedsCunt depositedsecuritysecurity sCunt to the amount amoUnt of 4 4L00030 4L00030when 4tOO < XXJOOO XXJOOOwhen < tOJO tOJOwhenwhen It will be appointed special dls dlsbursiing dlsbursting disbursiingbursiing agent of the Government not nota nota notaa fiscal agent agentIt aentIt agentItIt Is thought the security securlt will be de deposited dur deRed ¬posited r < Red by the last of the week where whereupc whereUPCJ whereupcupc UPCJ n rthe the great reat warrant will Ill be drawnThe drawn drawnThe drawnTheThe manner mannerpt pf paying the French in inttetts 1 1ttuts Intttt ttetts Bets was the topic of discussion i uselon tyesterdays t tj testerdaysj yesterdays esterdays Cabinet meeting when plans plansiirranged plansIIrramed plansarrangedarranged by b the Attorney Attorne General wer wersubmitted we weslbmtttcd wear wearsrbmittedsubmitted to the President dlscussein discussed dlreussOlIInin all their bearings and approved approvedThe approedThe approvedTheThe Attorney Attorne General was authorized authorizedtoto make an arrangement with J J P PMorgan Prorgan PMorganMorgan Co whereby whereb the money mlme Is to tobe tobe tobebe paid at once to them in a lump lumpsum lumpsum lumpsumsum This firm then becomes responsible responsibleforfor the proper distribution or the money moneyin monto montoin moneyinin France FrancePlan FrnntePlan FrancePlanPlan of the GovernmentThe Government GovernmentThe GovernmentTheThe plan for this payment Is set forth forthin tortbIn forthinin a letter from Attorney Attorne General Knox Knoxreceived Kno KnorEceived Knoxreceivedreceived by b the President this morning morningMr morningMr morningMrMr Knox reports that he has madeall made madeall madeallall arrangements with the canal com company compan company ¬pany pan and Morgan Co whereby the thelatter thelatter the1tterlatter are designated as agents to make makethe makethe makethethe money transfer transferThe trRnsferThe transferTheThe 540000000 40090000 is to be deposited with withMorgan withloran withMorganMorgan Co at once on upon the de delivery de del1VCIJ delivery ¬livery by b the canal company to the theUnited the1nlted theUnitedUnited States of all the property In Included included included ¬cluded In the purchase So that th thdeposit the thedtpQslt thedepositdeposit of 40603009 40 with Morgan Mor tn Co Coby Cob Cobyby b the United States Is accepted by the thecunal thecunal thecanalcunal company as equivalent to a pay 1 ¬ment for the purposes of a delivery of ofthe orthe ofthethe property to the United States StatesDistribution StntpsDistributi StatesDistributionDistribution n of Money MoneyMorgan MoneyMorgan MoneyMorganMorgan Co will make the dlstrlbuj distribution distribu distributiontion as aw followsThey follows followsThey Uows I ITheThey The will place 20009000 francs J4000 4000000 in the Bank of France to the credit creditof creditof creditofof Jean Pierre Gautron the t e liquidator liquidatorofof the old Panama Canal Company This Thisrepresents Thisrepresents Thisrepresentsrepresents the value alue of the Panama Rail Railroad Railroad Railroad ¬road shares the title to which was not notto notto nottoto pass to the th new company until the thecompletion thecompletlon thecompletioncompletion of the canal unless 20000000 20000000francs 20000000francs 20000 20000francsfrancs was paid therefor to the liquid liquidator liquidator liquidator ¬ator of the old company companyNew companyNew companyNewNew Companys SharesFive Shares SharesFive SharesFiveFive million francs 1000000 will be liepaid bePAid bepaidpaid Into the Bank of France to the thecredit thecredit thecreditcredit of the New Panama Canal Com Company Company Cornp529 ¬pany panyOfOf the remainder of the 40000000 40 40per 40per 401 401perper cent thereof Is to be paid into the theBank theBank theBankBank of France to the credit of the thenew thenew thenewnew new company and 60 fj per cent to the thecredit thecredit thecreditcredit of the liquidator of the old com company company comany ¬pany any as provided by the decree of the theFrench theFrenchwench French courts confirming the award of ofthe otthe ofthethe arbitrators arbitratorsPower arbitratorsPower arbitratorsPowerPower of Attorney AttorneyThe AttorneyThe AttorneyTheThe new Panama Cannl Company In Inliquidation Inliquidation inliquidationliquidation has given a mandate orpower or orpower orpowerpower Of attorney to Renaudin their theirleyreeentative theirIepfetJentatle theirtepresentatrveleyreeentative upon the Isthmus with withcomplete wlttcomplete withcompletecomplete Instructions concerning the da dalivery do doIhcr deliverylivery Ihcr of the property Major Genera GeneraBiooke GeneralBooke al alnBiooke n ooke acts for the United StatesThe States StatesThe StatesTheThe canal company hu likewise likewiseplaced lIkewi likewiseplaced e eplacedplaced at the disposition of the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStatesStates the personnel of Its organization organizationupon organizationupon organizationuponupon the Isthmus IsthmusThe IsthmusThe IsthmusTheThe general effect of the arrangement arrangementwith arrangementwithwith Morgan is to create him 1 a fiscal fiscalagent fiscalarent fiscalagentagent of the Government GovernmentIt GovernmenttIt is not contemplated t that there t tbe here will willbe willbeanbe bean any difficulty encountered In making makingthis maldngthis makingthisthis arrangement Forty million dollars dollarsIBIB a large sum to deposit as security securitybut securitybut securlt securltbutbut cases have been known where wheremoney wheremone he hemoneymoney mone has served as security for itselfGENERAL DAVIS SOON TO SAILTO SAIL SAILTO SAILTOTO ASSUME GOVERNORSHIPCulebra Cut will be continued These Thesemen Thesemen Thesemenmen are acclimated acclimatedItIt Is not the intention of the canal canalcommission canalcomml canalcommissioncommission comml lon to import any an large num number number number ¬ber of Americans to work on the canal canaluntil canaluntil canaluntiluntil sanitary precautions have been beentaken beentaken beentakentaken and a good water supply secured securedlor securedlor securedforlor Panama This important work will willbo wUlbo willbebo the first to be undertaken by b General GeneralDavlH GeneralDa GeneralDavisDavis Da DavisIn DavlHIn liII liIIInIn the meantime detailed plans and andspecifications andspecifications andspeeideationsspecifications for construction purposes purposesonon the various sections of the canal will willbe wHlbe willbebe prepared by b the engineers for sub submission submi8 submission ¬mission mi8 lon t to contractorsSTATISTICS EXPLODE EXPLODE THEORY THEORYOF THEORYOF THEORYOFOF PANAMA UNHEALTHFULNESSOne or r two erroneous ideas Ide s that are areprevalent areprevalent areprevalentprevalent In this country AS t to the theamount thenmount theamountamount of sickness along the route of ofthe ottbe ofthethe Panama Canal are exploded In a artport 8rt areportreport rt port made by Surgeon J C Perry of ofthe orthe ofthethe Public Health and Marine Hospital HospitalService HoeptalStorvlC4 HospitalServiceService ServiceFrom StorvlC4From ServiceFromFrom statistics gathered by t him fromthe from fromthe rromththe th official records recor of the canal hospital hospitalitit appears that during the last six years yearsthere yearsthere 08rs 08rstherethere have been an average of 2018 OIS per persons pcrsons persons ¬sons employed by the French companyAmong company companyAmong comp ny nyAmongAmong these there have been n only onl two twocusea twocuses twocasescases of yellow ellow fever during durln that time timeone timeonE timeoneone > of ci which was imported and both of ofwhich otwhleh ofwhichwhich recovered recoveredTaking recoveredTakingITaking account of all disease Includ ineludIng Including IncludIng ¬ing an epidemic of smallpox which hlch oc occurred occurred occurred ¬curred In 1001 19 and accidents the aver average alurage average ¬age number of employes sick duringthose during duringthose duringthosethose six years eanl was 8S only onl 2794 per cent centand centand centaa and the deaths only t 2s 231 per cant Sixty Sixtyper Sixtyper Sixtyperper cent of the th general mortality mortalltr ws wsVisit WtJSVisit wasVisitVisit the Red R Tent TentAdv Advcaused by b chronic organic orga lc diseases diseaseswhich diseaseswhich diseaseswhichwhich are incident to all countries countrieswhereas countrhwhereas countrieswhereaswhereas the deaths due to climatic diseases dis diseases diseases ¬eases did not exceed 920 por cent centNearly centNuarly centNearlyNearly all of 9430 per cent of the thedeaths thedeaths thedeathsdeaths occurred among the laborers laborersItIt is pointed out that this exceeding exceedingly ¬ly h favorable showing should not be taken tak taken taken ¬en a as It an index of the amount of sick sickness slckneM sickflees ¬ness that would occur under the pros present pr proseat i icnt ¬eat sanitary conditions In a new force forceof Corceot forceofof workmen engaged en lcd In constructing dif different difterent different ¬ferent parts of the th canal because the thelaborers th thlaborers thelaborerslaborers forming the basis of these sta statistics statlstlcs statistics ¬tistics are not only acclimated by long longresidence lam lamresidence Ion Ionresidenceresidence on the isthmus but they have havebeen havebeen havebeenbeen principally engaged at Culebrawhich Culebra Culebrawhich Culebrawhichwhich offers a better sanitary site than thansome thansome thansomesome other portions of the canal routeThe route routeThe routerheThe Isthmian Canal Commission met mettoday mettGda mettodaytoday tGda in Washington for the first time timesince timesince timesincesince Its return from Panama PanamaThe Panamajhe PanamaTheThe commission was unable to take takeup takeup takeupup up the long list of applications for em employmont m mSloyment mpioymontpioymont as the work has not been beenafinitely beendefInitely beendefinitelySloymentdefInitely mapped out It was decided decidedtoto sond the corps of sanitary exports exportsemployed exportsomployed exportsemployedemployed by the commission back to toPanama topAm topwnemaPanama pAm to make another InspectionTYBIMETT TYNERBARRETTTRIAL TYNERBARRETITRIAL TYBIMETTITRIAL TAKES ON ONTECHNICAL ONTECHNICALI II1I1L 1 iUXLAJ VII VII1EC1CMTECHNICAL CASTFev CAST GOTFew CASTFewFew in in Attendance andthe and andthe andthe1the Proceedings Very VeryProsy VeryProsy VeryProsyProsy ProsyDOCUMENTS ProsyDOCUMENTS ProsyDOCUMENTSDOCUMENTS PRESENTEDRichard PRESENTED PRESENTEDRichard PRESENTEDRi<Richard Ri hard Webster Continues ContinuesHis ContinuesHis ContinuesHisHis Testimony Testim ny at To Todays Todays Todays ¬days SessionLack Session SessionLack SessionLackLack of populhr lni hI1r3t r < 3t In the Tyner TynerBarrett TynerBarrett TynerBarrettBarrett postoflic < case was manifested manifestedthis manlrestedthis manifestedthisthis morning whtn there were not at any anyone anyone anyoneone time more than a dozen spectators spectatorsInIn the courtroom During the Machen Machentrial Machentrial Machentrialtrial which w ws wt s concluded a few weeks weeksago weeksago weeksagoago the court was continually crowded crowdedmany crowdedmany crowdedmanymany being unable to get seats seatsRichard seatsRlchnrd seatsRichardRichard M W Webster bster who succeeded succeededBarrett succeededBarrett succeededBarrettBarrett as assistant to the Assistant At Attorney Attorno Attorney ¬torney torno General 40 o the Postofflce Postof lce De Department Department Department ¬partment continued his testimony this thismorning thisI thismorningmorning It wai Va v a largely 1a gely In the nature natureof natureat natureofI of identification c of documents In an answer anser answer ¬swer to a question by the prosecution prosecutionwhich prosecutionwhich prosecutionwhichwhich was objected to by the defense defensebut defensebut defensebutbut overruled after considerable argu argument argument argument ¬ment he said that his testimony testlmon was wasthe wasthe wasthethe same as s that which he gave before beforethe beforethe beforethethe grand jury juryWebster junVebster juryWebsterWebster was followed by Chief Post Postofflce Postoffice Postoffice ¬office Inspector Cochran and Haines HalnesMorgan HainesIorgan HainesMorganMorgan of the Assistant Attorney Generals Gen Generals Genetals ¬erals etals office Todays Toda s proceedings were wereof weleoC wereofof a technical character and devoid of ofIncident otIncident ofincidentIncidentClerk Webster Recalled RecalledRichaa Recal1edRicla1 RecalledRichaRichaa Richa t M Webster law clerk In InTyners InTyners InTynersTyners office who testified yesterday yesterdavresumed yesteldavrsumed yesterdayresumedresumed the stand when the court COul twas twasoJcned was wasopened wasoenedopened at 10 oclock this morning Ho Hoidentified H HIdentified Heidentifiedidentified at Mr Taggarts request several sev several se seeral ¬eral letter flies of tho department departmentMrMr Worthington then took up the thecrossexamination theI thecrossexaminationI crossexaminationWitness xyner s 01 01llce 0 0t1Clice t1C In October 1SSS as a clerk Hementioned He Hementioned Hementionedmentioned the names of two clerks who whthad whohad j jhadhad been engaged there at that limp limpLater tim timLater timeLaterLater another clerk was assigned nsgigned thonu thonus thClII theraqs aq v 1 that the office force consisted conshitedof of Gen General Uenend General ¬eral Tyner Mr Barrett three clerksand clerks clerksand clerkfandand a colored messenger messengerThe mossengerThe messenger messengerTheThe control of frauu order easer ases was wastaken wastahen wastatentaken up The oases came from the theFourth to toPOJurth theFourthFourth Assistant Postmaster Post muster General Generaloffice Genurlmee eoffice mee to Mr Huebner Postmasterthe ne neot of ofanti the thee theclerks clerks clerksanti clorksananti an If the case seemed seeme to demand tic tiction actIOn tc tctrontion a recommendation was made to tothat tothat tothatthat effectILawyers iri Contention ContentionWhen ConfentianVhen ContentionWhenWhen Mr Worthington asked witness w1tn witnesswhat ss j jwhatwhat he had testified to before b fore the thegrand thegrand thegrand I <grand jury ju Mr Taggart objected objectedFor objectedFor objectedForFor what hat purpose do you ou ask the thequestion thequestion thequestionquestion asked Judge Pritchard PritchardMrMr Worthingtonaddressing Worthlngton addressing the court courtcontended courtcontended courtcontendedcontended that the secrecy of the grand grandjury grandjur grandjuryjury jur room did not protect the witness witnessfrom witnessfrom witnessfromfrom testifying testlryln In open court on the themight thesame thesamesame points Counsel ounsel held that witness witnessmight witnessmightmight testify testlf to one thing before the thegrand thegrandgrand jury and to something else later lateron lateron lateron Ion in open court and that he could couldnot couldnot couldnotnot be excused from answering on cross crossexamination crossexaminationexamination Mr Worthlngtons con contention contentlon contention ¬tention was that the indictment was wasfound i ifound I Itoundfound not In accordance with the evi evidence evidence ¬ Idence but In spite of the theeldence evidence evidenceThe evidenceTheThe attorneys discussed the question questionfor questiontor questionforr I Ifor ten minutes when Judge Pritchard Pritchardruledthat Pritchardruled1that Pritchardruledthatruledthat he would permit the question questiontoto be asked for the purpose of Im Impeaching Impeaching impeaching ¬peaching the witness and for that pur purpose purpose purpose ¬pose onlyQuestion of Signature SignatureMrMr Ir Worthlngton 3 Question was W S re repeated repeated repeated ¬peated as to whether or not witness had hadnot hndnot hadnotnot stated before the grand Jury that thatit thatIt thatitit was the Invariable rule that when whenaa fraud order was being violated a arecommendation arecommendation arecommendationrecommendation was made to the head headof headat headofof the office for action actionWitness actionWitness actionWitnessWitness replied he had endeavored to todo todo tododo so soCounsel soCounsel soCounselCounsel took up the subject of memo memoranda memorandll memoranda ¬randa on the subject of fraud orders and andwitness andwitness andwitnesswitness identified the form of fraud or order order order ¬der In use as shown sh wn by bIl a case dated a Junecity postomceMrMr Worthington wished to o learn learnwhether loornwhetber learnwhetherwhether all fraud orders were of one oneform oneform oneformform formWitness formVltne formWitnessWitness Vltne s said the order when executed executedcame executedcame executedcamecame back to the department for filing filingso filingsoso that if any ny other style of fraud orderhad order orderhad orderhadhad been b en in use it ought to be on file fileIn tlleIn illeinIn the department departmentBig departmentBig departmentBigBig Job for Witness WitnessMr WitnessIr WitnessMrMr Mr Ir Worthington thereupon requested requestedthe lcqustedthe requestedthethe witness to supply suppl him with a record recordof recordof recordofof all the cases in the department in inwhich InI Inwhich inwhichI which fraud orders had been prepared In Inthe inI inthethe time he hud h d been in the office with withBarrett withI withBarrettII BarrettThe Barrett BarrettThe BarrettII The witness quailed a bit at this sug suggestion suggestion ¬I gestion and said he didnt believe Mr MrWorthington MrVorthlngton MrWorthingtonWorthington knew what a Job that thatwould thatwould thatwouldwould be beMr beMr beMrMr Worthington sold Sfll he dldjinow didknow did know and andsuggested nn nnsuggestod andsuggestedsuggested that the witness wltnO s might attend attendto attendto attendtoto It In the recess of the court courtWitness courtyltness courtWitnessWitness said in answer to questions questionsthat Questionsthat ouestionsthatthat he knew of the procedure In fraud fraudorder fraudorder fraudorderorder cases but knew little about any anybend anybend anybendbend Investment schemesQuestion schemes schemesQuestion schemesQuestionQuestion of if > f Signature SignatureMrMr Worthington at tits this point Intro Introduced Introduced introduced ¬duced In evidence a document which he heshowed heshowed heshowedshowed the witness and asked whose whosehandwriting whosohandwrltln whosehandwritinghandwriting handwrltln the document bore boreWitness boreVltneSB boreWitnessWitness said he thought It was that thatof thatot thatofof Huebner He could not tell when the thedocument thedocument thedocumentdocument had gone Into the files or orwhether orwhethor orwhetherwhether It had been there only onl r a week weekprimps weekprhavs weekprhapsprimps as Mr Worthington suggested suggestedIfIf it was there It was where It ought oughtto oughtto oughttoto have been the witness added addedMr addedMr addedMrMr Worthington then took up the re report r rport report ¬port of Judge Tyner as Assistant A 8Istant Attor Attorney Attorney Attorney ¬ney General for the Postoffice Postot ce Depart Department Department Department ¬ment for the year ended June SO ill 1U02 1901Mr 1U02Mr 1J0 1J0MrMr Taggart at a previous time in the thetrial thetrial thetrialtrial had read half hal of one paragraph paragraphspecified paragraphspecified paragraphspecifiedspecified and Mr Worthington said h hwould hwould ho howouldwould read the rest of It It related relatedto relatodtoto the number of fraud orders Issued of ofwhich otwhich ofwhichwhich nine had been revoked because becausetheir becausetheir becausetheirtheir object had been attained attainedWitness attnlntllVltnoss attainedWitnessWitness said he could not throw any anyContinued anyC anyContinuedContinued C nUnued on Ninth Page PagoVisit PageI PageVisitI Visit the Red TentAdv Te tAdvi L GENERAL KUROPATKIN iRUSSIAS GREAT STRATEGIST STRATEGISTOnOn Kuropatkin the Czar and his people rely to check the advance of ofJapan ofJap ofJapanJapan JapJapanHisHis headquarters are at Mukden Mukdim to which point the Mikados forces for s are areslowly areslowly areslowlyslowly moving Should ShouldNiuchwang Niuchwang fall Mukden will be the next place of ofattack ofattack ofattackattack attackLABOR attackI attackLABORI 1 1LABORLABOR LEADER PARKS PARKSISIS DEAD IN SING SING SINGTuberculosis SINGTuberculosis SINGTuberculosis5Tuberculosis Jhe the e Cause arse o of His is Passing PassingAway PassingAwaY7 assn assnwaAway AwaY7 wa Se entence enced ncecl1 to Prison friionforE for or Extor ExtorLion tor Qr QrtionLion L ng a WalkIng DelegateOSSINING N Y May 4 ISam Sam Parks Parksthe Parksthe Parksthethe walking delegate of the House Housesmiths Housesmiths Housesmithssmiths Union of New York city who whowas whowas whowaswas convicted of extortion In connec connection connection connection ¬tion with building strikes in New York Yorkdied Yorkdied Yorkdieddied at 716 15 oclock this morning Parki Parkiwho Parl Parlwho Parkewhowho had been sentenced to Sing Sing Singprison Singprison Singprisonprison to serve a term of one year ear and andsix andsix andsixsix months failed almo almost > t immediately immediatelyafter immediatelyatter immediatelyafterafter he fell into the clutches of cit the lawTuberculosis law lawTuberculosis lawTuberculosl8Tuberculosis was the cause of his death deathParks deathParks deathParksParks was a Westerner In early earl life lifehe Urehe lifehehe was a sailor and from that he a drift drifted drlrted drifted ¬ed Into the houHemlths hou8 mlths trade i He be became becam became ¬came cam interested in labor unions and andbeing andbeing andbeingbeing an aggressive man with some someability someabilityability ablUt he took his place among the theleaders theleaders theleadersleaders of the housesmlths house mlths unions He Hewas HeI Hewaswas brought to New York several years yearsago yearsago yearsagoago by b a constructing corporation corporationThrough corporstlonThrough corporationThroughThrough his efforts the wages of house housesmiths hou8esmiths housesmithssmiths were raised In one year ear from250 to S450 S450Arrest SUOArrest 5450ArrestArrest and Conviction ConvictionParks ConvictionParka ConvictionParksParks arrest and conviction followed followedaa series of building strikes In New YorkIt was charged that for money consid considerations consldetitJons constdeations ¬erations he called call d off strikes He claim claimed claimed claimed ¬ed that this money went ent to his union unionbut unionbut unionbutbut this was denied deniedParks deniedParks deniedParksParks has been dying by inches for formany forman formanymany man weeks and recently his decline docl ne be became became became ¬came very vet rapid It is said that his histuberculosis histuberculosis histuberculosistuberculosis was only a part of the dis disease dlsi disease ¬i ease which ate away his life Of latehe late latehe latehehe has been confined to his cot in the theprison theprison theprisonprison hospital and so weak he could couldhardly couldhardi3hardly raise his head from the pillow pillowMan pillowManMan of Force ForceParks ForceParksParks Parl was a remarkable force among amongthe amongthethe members of his union During the thelast thelastlast Labor Day parade he was made mailemore mademore mademoremore or less of a hero by b his followers followersasas he rode at the head of a line on asnowwhite a asnowwhite asnowwhltesnowwhite horse By other laboring laboringmen laboringmen laboringmenmen he was hated and feared but they the theknowknew that if 1 they th y incurred his dis displeasure dlsplealture displeasure ¬pleasure he would send < nd his gang to en entertain entertain entertain ¬tertain them themParks themParks themParksParks always maintained an entertainment enter entertainment entertltlnment ¬tainment committee Never once since sincehis sincehis sincehishis conviction has Parks lost his Iron Ironnerve Ironnerve ironnervenerve Since he has been in prison hehas he hehas hehashas been expelled from his unionBishop Satterlee SatterleeRaps SatterleeRapsWashington Raps RapsWashington RapsWashingtonWashington Smart Set SetHead SetHead SetHeadHead of Episcopalian Church Condemns the thePractices thePractices thePracticesPractices of Society and Declares His HisFlock HisFlock HisFlockFlock Lacks SpiritualityIn a forcible address on the varied variedaspects variedaspocts variedaspectsaspects of diocesan life the Right Rev RevBishop RevBishop RevBishopBishop Satterlee today at the ninth an annual annual annual ¬nual convention COII ltl n of the diocese of Wash Washington Washington VuhIngton ¬ington paid his respects to the changes changesInIn the social life of Washington a hlngton Amongother Among Amongother Amongotherother things ho h said saidDangers saidDangers saidDangersDangers have arisen that the nine nineteenth nineteenth nineteenth ¬teenth century centur Washington was free freefrom freetrom freefromfrom A simplicity pervaded the social socialatmosphere socialatmosphere socialatmosphereatmosphere men were classed for what whatthey whntthey whattheythey were not for what they the pro professed proI professed ¬fessed tefliledIn fessedIn fessedInIn tho twentieth century the tone of oflife otlire oflifeI life in Washington has became less lessnatural lessnatural tossnaturalnatural social conditions have changed changedand changednnd changedandand for the worse New residents of a awealthy awealthy awealthywealthy and leisure class cla s who hold no noresponsibility noresponslblUtr noresponsibilityresponsibility for the welfare of the thecommunity thecommunlt thecommunitycommunity communlt create a sense of carelessirresponsibility careless carelessIrresponsibility carel J JIrresponsibilityIrresponsibility in our citizens citizensThese citizensThese citizensTheseThese have false Ideals and make makesocial makesocial makesocialsocial pleasure the business bUl ness of life lifeTheir liteTheir lifeTheirTheir Influence percolates to all classes classesand clnmlesand classesandand saps the foundation of characterSimplicity character characterSimplicity characterSimplicitySimplicity Is Dead DeadContinuing DeadContinuingContinuing Bishop Satterlee said saidThe saidThe saidTheThe democratic d moeratlc simplicity of the th nine nineteenth nirHteenth nineteenth ¬teenth century Is a thing of the past pastInstead pastinsteadInstead we have the smart set setrough setrough setroughrough set and fast set attracting attractingabnormal attractingabnormul attractingabnormalabnormal attention and exercising exercl8ln enor enormous enormous nor normous ¬mous Influence and giving an Interna International Internntlonal international ¬tional capital tone to Washington which whichisis unhealthful and dangerous dangerousBishop dangerousBlsho dangerousBishopBishop Blsho Satterlee also reviewed the theprogress theprogrc theprogressprogress progrc s of church institutions In Ututions partic particularly purtleularl ptrticuinrly ¬ularly ularl the cathedral foundation and th thEpiscopal thEpiscopal the theEpiscopalEpiscopal Eye Ear and Throat Hospi Hospital HasPItal Hospital ¬tal He further said saidThe saidThe saidTheThe diocese of Washington Wa hlnlfton occupies occupiesaa > unique position in tho American AmericanChurch AmerlennChurch AmericanChurchChurch It is a witness of Jesus J CMUS Christin the capital of the country and represents repre represents ¬sents nts the primitive church Besides it itmust Itmust itmustmust be in full sympathy with the va various various a arlous ¬rious Protestant bodies bodi whose ancestors ancestorsbelonged aneestosbelonged ancestorsbelongedbelonged to the Church Churc shwhose of England EnglandConvention EnglandConvention EnglandConventionConvention Opens OpensThe OpensThe OpensTheThe convention opened by b a celebra celebration c celebratictt lebrtl lebrtlHen ¬Hen of the holy hol eucharist in Epiphany EpiphanyChurch EpiphanyChurch EpiphanyChurchChurch this morning A procession procession of offiftyfive ottlCtyt1ve offiftyfivefiftyfive presbyters clad In their priest priestly pricstI ¬I ly robes and lint the Bishops of Washing Washington Washington Yashin Yashinton ¬ton and Brazil marched from the west westvertry wu wetvestry t toctryvestry octry around the church yard to the themain theuudn thetrainmain door of the church where it on ontend cnte enteadtend te d proceeding up the main aisle All Alltht Alltit 11 11Untit while the choir and congregation congregationsang cQngregntl3rsnng congregati3rSangsang Suint Bernards hymn Jerusalem Jeruatlenrthe Jerusalemthe Jerualemthethe Golden GoldenWEATHER GoldenWEATHER GoldenWEATHERWEATHER REPORT REPORTFairFair weather Is indicated for tonightand tonight tonightand tonightandand Thursday In all parts of the Washington Wash Washington ash ashIngton ¬ington forecast district except in the thelower thelower thelowerlower Mississippi valley alle and western westernTennessee westernTennessee westernTennesseeTennessee where showers are probable probableSeasonal probableSeasonal probableSeasonalSeasonal temperatures will prevail for forthe forthe forthethe next few daysThe days daysThe dnsTheThe winds along the middle Atlantic AtlanticCoast AtlanticCOlist AtlanticCoastCoast will be light and variable on the thesouth thesouth thesouthsouth Atlantic Coast oast fresh fre h northeaster northeasterly ¬ly on the east Gulf Gul coast fresh east eastto eastto easttoto northeast and on the lower lakes lakesfresh lakesfresh lakesfreshfresh southerlyTHE southerly southerlyTHE souther southerTHETHE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATUREI9 I a m 0012 noon US t1STHE1 p m 13 < S2 p m 6D 09THE 6DTHETHE SUN SUNSun SUNSun SUNSunSun sets today 61 p m mSun mSun mSunSun rises tomorrow tomorrow459 450 a m mTIDE mTIDE mTIDETIDE TABLE TABLELow TABLELow TABLELowLow tide today 605 p m mHigh mHigh mHighHigh tide today 1153 p m mLow mLow mLowLow tide tomorrow 621 a m 6 665 5 p m mHigh mHlgh mHighHigh tide tomorrow tomorrow120S 12OS p m mojojPORT ARTHUR ARTHURBOTTLED ARTHURBOTTLED ARTHURBOTTLEDBOTTLED UP UPJaps UPJaps UPJailsJaps Said to Have Succeeded in Latest At Attempt Attempt Attempt ¬tempt to Block Channel ChannelTwo Two Vessels VesselsLie VesselsLie VesselsLieLie in Harbor Entrance EntranceDESPERATE EntranceDESPERATE EntranceDESPERATEDESPERATE VALOR SHOWN SHOWNBY SHQWN SHQWNBY SHOWNBYBY JAPANESE NAVAL CADETS CADETSRussians CADETSRussians CADETSRussiansRussians Discharge 3500 Shells at Fire Fireships Fireships Fireshipsships and Torpedo Boats oats in Attempt Attempttoto Repel Repelthe the the Attack AttackLONDON AttackLONDON AttackLONDONLONDON May 4 The Reuter Telegram Company has a dis dispatch dispatch dispatch ¬patch from Tokyo stating that the Japanese were successful in their at attempt attempt attempt ¬tempt to bottle up Port Arthur on Monday last lastThe lastThe lastTheThe Central News also has a wire from its Rome correspondent correspondentstating correspondentstating correspondentstatingstating that a telegram received there from Tokyo asserts that the latest latestJapanese latestJapanese latestJapaneseJapanese attempt to block the channel to Port Arthur Harbor was suc successful successfu1 successful ¬cessful cessfulTwoTwo vessels e1s says the telegram now lie in the harbor entrance entranceHEROIC entrance entranceHEROIC entranceHEROICHEROIC DARING OF NAVAL CADETS CADETSST CADETSST CADETSSTST PETERSBURG May 4 4A A press telegram from Port Arthur Arthurdescribes Arthurd Arthurdescribesdescribes d ribes the latest attempt of the Japanese to o bottle up the port on Mon Monday Monday Mondayday last as unparalleled in naval history h tory for its daring The crews of the thefireships thefireships thefireshipsfireships were composed of Japanese naval cadets who acted with the thegreatest thegreatest thegreatestgreatest bravery and most desperate valor in the face of a murderous murderousfire murderousfire 0 0firefireRUSSIANS FIRE 3500 SHELLS SHELLSPORT SHELLSPORT SHELLSPORTPORT ARTHUR May 4 4An An idea of the terrific resistance resist nce of offered offered offered ¬fered by the Russians in defending the channel from the threatened threatenedblockade threatenedblockade threatenedblockadeblockade by the Japanese on Monday can be gained from the fact that inall in inall inallall 3500 shots were fired by the Russian batteries and guards on the at attacking attacking attacking ¬tacking fireships fireshipsCapture fireshipsCapture fireshipsCaptureCapture of Niuchwang NiuchwangBy NiuchwangBy NiuchwangByBy Second Jap ArmyLONDON May 4 4The The Cheefoo carrepbiitient cor correpnaent corfrepnaent f nt of the Chronicle says the theJapanese tbeiapan theiapaneseiapan Japanese S landed at Ylngkow on May 1 1anci 1antl 1anaana attacked and captured Nluchwang Nluchwangonon the evening of May 1tla 2 The Russians Russiansare Rus Russiansarc lans lansareare falling back to protect the railway railwayxhe rn11wa rn11waPihc railwaythethe Shanghai correspondent of the theMorning theMorning theMorningMorning Post reports the foregoing foregoingas toregolnasas t a > rumor current at Cheefoo CheefooShould CheetooEhould CheefooShouldShould Niuchwang be captured the thorailroad theI therailroadrailroad between Port Arthur and Muk Mukden Mukden Mukden ¬den cut Port Arthur would ould be Isolated Isolatedfrom Isolat isolatedfrom d dfromIfrom the Russian main army and the thegreat thegreat thegreatgreat fortification beleaguered beleagueredNiuchwang beleagueredXlUchwang beleagueredNiuchwangNiuchwang in the hands of Japan Japanwith Japanwith Japanwithwith an army arm pressing westward from fromthe fromthe fromthethe mouth of the Yalu would seal the thefate thefate thefatefate of Port Port Arthur If the city clt cannot cannotbe cannotbe cannotbebe captured from sea it can be as assaulted JlSSBultod as assaulted ¬saulted from land If the assault falls fallsthe fall fallthe failsthethe Japanese can sit down around Port PoitArthur Pm PortArthur t trthurArthur rthur and starve Its garrison into surrvider sur surrender 5urrc1der ¬render just as Grant did Pembertocs Pembertonsarmy Pembertocsarmy Pembertosarmyarmy at Vicksburg VicksburgNiuchwang ViGksburgNluchwnng VicksburgNiuchwangNiuchwang is on the Gulf of Llao LlaoTung LlalTunl LiaoungTung ung about 150 miles north of Port Ar Arthur Arthur Arthur ¬thur The line of the railroad from fromPort fromPort fromPortPort Arthur north runs through Its enBERLIN May a 4 IA A dispatch from St StPetersburg StPetersburg StPetersburgPetersburg states that three students studentswho studentswho studentswhowho were sent to Siberia in 1901 and andwho andwho andwhowho on their own request were granted grantedpermission grantedpermission grantedpermissionpermission by b the Cznr to go to the thefront thefront thefrontfront have hfLv turned traitors to their par partial partlnl partial ¬tial parole arolf =virons It Is the key to the Port Arthur Arthurpeninsula Arthu Arthupeninsula Arthurpnisulapeninsula and if the Japanese are se securely securely securely ¬curely In possession they have the thestrongest thestrongest thastrongeststrongest point for a a land and nava navabase navabase navabasebase in Manchuria The military advantages ad advantages advantages ¬vantages of its possession in the coming cominggreat comlaggreat cominggreatgreat land campaign are incalculable incalculableWith incalculableVlth incalculableWithWith a Japanese army corps at Niu Niuchwang Nluchwang NIuchwang ¬chwang a Japanese army coming over overland oyerland overland ¬land from the mouth of the Yalu and andwith andwith andwithwith the guns of Togos fleet thunderingagainst thundering thunderingagainst thunderingagainstagainst the sea walls of Port Arthur Arthurthe Arthurthe Arthurthethe doom of the city whose command commanders commar 1ers boasted to the White Father that thatIt thlUit that thatitIt was impregnable would be sealed sealedThe sealedThe sealedTheThe capture of Niuchwang would be beclimax a aclimax sclimaxclimax In the middle act of the war wartragedy wartragedy wartragedytragedy The Japanese have been feinting feint feintIng telntIngIng ing along the Yalu They The have thrown80000 000 troops across that river and the theRussians theRussians theRussiansRussians Russians are being driven westward and andnorthward andnorthward andnorthwardnorthward toward Mukden MukdenShould MukdenShould MukdenShouldShould Niuchwang fall there would be bethe b bthe bethethe spectacle of the Russian army with withan withan withanan advancing foe in front and a Japanese Japa Japanese Japanese ¬nese army corps In its rear rearNothing rearNothing rearNothingNothing would be left for Kuropatldn Kuropatldntoto do o but fall back to Mukden unless unlesshf unlesJhI unlesshFhf has a force big enough to fight the theJapanese theJapanese theJapaneseJapanese coming from the Yalu and andthose andthose andthosethose disembarking at Niuchwang NiuchwangIfIf Niuchwang Is captured Port Arthur ArthurIsIs lost unless half a million soldiers soldierscome soldlenscome soldierscomecome quIckly out of Russia and theyare they theyare theyareare thought not be there to comeALLOWED TO GO TO FRONT FRONTEXILES FRONTEXILESEXILES BECOME TRAITORSAfter Aftt > r being b < inl returned from exile it isalleged is isalleged isallegedalleged they the tried to induce Polish sol soldiers soldiers soldiers ¬diers to betray betra their cause by b throwingdown their arms when they the should meet meetthe meetthe meetthethe Japanese JapaneseThe JapaneseThe JaneseTheThe treacherous acts of the students studentswere studentswere studentswerewere discovered All three have been beenhanged beenhaned beenhangedhangedRUSSIANS SEARCH STEAMER STEAMERFOR STEAMIERFORFOR THE JAPANESE MAILLONDON May IA 4 A dispatch to the theReuter theReuter theReuterReuter Telegram Company from Port PortSaid PortSaid PortSaidSaid reports that the Peninsular and andj andOriental andOrientalj Oriental liner Osiris has been stopped stoppedI stoppodby stoppedbyI by a a Russian warship and her mail gone goneI goneover goneoverI over by b the Russians who wished to ob obtain obtain obtain ¬tain any an mail for Japan The Japanese Japanesemall Japanesemall Japanesemailmall was demanded but was not touch touchI ¬Ied by b the Russians as It was at thebottom the thebottom thebottombottom of the DUe ulleThe DUeTbe pileTheThe vessel was nine hours out from fromBrindisI tromBrindlri fromBrindisiBrindisI when the Russian warship warshipKrabri warshipKrabri warshipKrabrIKrabri forced her to eome eo me about by byfiring byfiring byfiringfiring a blank shot across her bow TheOsiris The TheOsiris TheOsirisOsiris was detained for two hours and andthen andthen andthenthen permitted to proceed on her tripANOTHER JAPANESE ATTACK ATTACKON ATTACKON ATTACKONtON PORT ARTHUR REPULSEDIST PETERSBURG May rll 4 4Admnal 4Admiralaexieff Admiral Admiralrilexleff4 rilexleff lcxlerr telegraphing yesterday from fromPort fronPort ironPortPort Arthur to Grand Duke A Alexis 4Iulscommand Alexiscommanderinchief lux Is IscommandarInchiefcommandarInchief command rlnchlet of the ItuE1lron itusslonracy Husalt ItuE1lronra n nravyracy ra Y says1 i Iespt respectfully espootf ttuJ1 ully report that another at attack ntlack u utack ¬tack made by b the enemy enem during lh lhnight the thenight thenightnight for the purpose of obstructing 1h 1hentrance the thlenlnince theentranceentrance to the harbor was successfullyrepelled successfully successfullyrepelled sucC06SCUU1repelledrepelled repelledFive repelledFive repelledFiveFive Japanese torpedo boats were wereseen wurueon wereseenseen eon from the eastern batteries at 1 1oclock 1cllock 1ctlockoclock In the morning near the const constUnder constUnder coasttUnderUnder the fire of our batteries and war warships wurbhlps warships ¬ships they retreated southward southwardAUA A flreship escorted by b several tor torpedo torjOdo taro ¬pedo boats came In sight at 145 oclocik oclocikThe oclo oclodkThe k kjheThe batteries and warships opened nrc nrcen fir firen fire firecnen them Threequarters of an hourlater hour hourlater hourlaterlater our searchlights showed a numb numbof ri riot r rof ¬of flreships approaching the port from fromthe fromth fromthLthe th east and southeast The Otvazny Otvazn OtvaznyyyGiifok and Cremtestchy Cremlastcb and the batterns bat batteries batterIes ¬teries repulsed each by b a well aimed aimedflrb aimedfi aimedfirefire fi 16Altogether eight Japanese ships were weresunk weresunk weresunksunk by b our vigorous gunfire by b White Whitehead Whitehead Vhlt Vhltheftdhead torpedoes from the torpedo boat boatand boatRl1d boats boatsandand by b the explosion of several sub submarine submltrfne submarine ¬marine mines mlnosThe rutneaThe minesTheThe officers commanding the batteries batteriesand batteriesand batteriesandand the he Gtllak report that two torpedo torpedoboats torpedoboats torpedoboatsboats were also destroyed destroyedThe destroedrl1e destroyedTheThe batteries and gunboats ceased ceasedfiring ceasedfirin ceasedfiringfiring firin ai 4 I oclock subsequently firing firingonly firinllanI firingonlyonly anI intermittently at the Japanese tor torpedo torpedo torpedo ¬pedo boats which remained on tho thohorlzoi thohorlz01 thehorizothorlzoi All the fireships carried rapid rapidfire rapidfire rapidlirefire guns with which the enemy en em kept keptup keptup keptupup a constant fire fireThirty ttreThlrtJ lireThirtyThirty men who took refuge inlaunches in inlaunches Inliluncheslaunches or were rescued from the fire fireships tlresltlnR lireshipsships by b us have been be n brought in ineluding in including lat ¬eluding two mortally wounded officers officersInspection o olieersInspection icens icensInspectiont Inspection of the roadstead and the tharescue therescue therescuerescue of drowning men were hindered hinderedby hinderedby hinderedbyby a heavy h avy a sea We Ve a suffered no casual